Ro Allen

Ro Allen

GOTAFE Board Member

Ro is the current Victorian Commissioner for Gender and Sexuality. Ro is a former CEO of UnitingCare in the Goulburn Valley and former Hume Regional Skills Coordinator for the Department of Education.

Ro has also been Chair of the Victorian Adult, Community and Further Education Board, the Victorian Skills Commission, the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria (YACVIC), and former member of the Hume Regional Development Australia Committee. Ro has been recognised for extensive community service, and in 2003 was awarded a Centenary Medal. Ro was inducted into the Victorian Government Honour Roll for Women in 2009, was recognised in the Top 50 Public Sector Women (Victoria) in 2017, and won Hero of the Year in the 2017 Australian LGBTI Awards.